An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in Northern Ireland

M.A. Aldeyab; S.M. Elshibly; J.C. McElnay; Elizabeth  Davies; M.G. Scott; F.A. Magee; P. Leyden; M.P. Kearney

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An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in Northern Ireland

M.A. Aldeyab, S.M. Elshibly, J.C. McElnay, Elizabeth Davies, M.G. Scott, F.A. Magee, P. Leyden, M.P. Kearney

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	921-922
Number of pages	2
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	30
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/599308
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Sept 2009

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Cited By :7

Export Date: 15 September 2018

CODEN: ICEPE

Correspondence Address: Kearney, M. P.; Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT42 2RL, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]

Chemicals/CAS: Anti-Bacterial Agents

References: Paterson, D.L., The role of antimicrobial management programs in optimizing antibiotic prescribing within hospitals (2006) Clin Infect Dis, 42 (SUPPL. 2), pp. S90-S95; MacDougall, C., Polk, R.E., Antimicrobial stewardship programs in health care systems (2005) Clin Microbiol Rev, 18, pp. 638-656; Lesprit, P., Brun-Buisson, C., Hospital antibiotic stewardship (2008) Curr Opin Infect Dis, 21, pp. 344-349; Davey, P., Brown, E., Fenelon, L., Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2005) Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 4, pp. CD003543; Van De Beek, D., De Gans, J., Spanjaard, L., Vermeulen, M., Dankert, J., Antibiotic guidelines and antibiotic use in adult bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands (2002) J Antimicrob Chemother, 49, pp. 661-666; Bamberger, D.M., Dahl, S.L., Impact of voluntary vs enforced compliance of third-generation cephalosporin use in a teaching hospital (1992) Arch Intern Med, 152, pp. 554-557; Sevinç, F., Prins, J.M., Koopmans, R.P., Early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics: Guidelines and implementation in a large teaching hospital (1999) J Antimicrob Chemother, 43, pp. 601-606; Von Gunten, V., Amos, V., Sidler, A.L., Beney, J., Troillet, N., Reymond, J.P., Hospital pharmacists' reinforcement of guidelines for switching from parenteral to oral antibiotics: A pilot study (2003) Pharm World Sci, 25, pp. 52-55; Al-Eidan, F.A., McElnay, J.C., Scott, M.G., Kearney, M.P., Troughton, K.E., Jenkins, J., Sequential antimicrobial therapy: Treatment of severe lower respiratory tract infections in children (1999) J Antimicrob Chemother, 44, pp. 709-715

Keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic therapy
drug administration route
drug substitution
female
health survey
hospital policy
hospitalization
human
infection control
Ireland
length of stay
letter
major clinical study
male
practice guideline
surgical ward
teaching hospital
treatment indication
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Female
General Surgery
Guideline Adherence
Hospital Units
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Male
Northern Ireland
Physician's Practice Patterns
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Questionnaires

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